New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-06
muE COMING CONFERENCE'
-ur IRISH WILL NOT HAVE AN EMA'0o
LATED BILL
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D,,nIIN. Jan. 5-W1th reicrehoo " T.ho,o,s
,.ctad conference between the "ia'''0"' 49,, o.
-, A. Chamberlain, what the irish party "''
- ,h,s that Mr. Gladstone enters this coi'e''
,res with fun knowledge that any I'V''"s
,ho nrincple of his bill, namely ah LIS" .,-.
,,ont with an Irish executive proceo'''s I'm
,-o,n and resronsblc only to that Pari'""e',' WV
~ -. ,xroodiate and absolute rul ture "i'h '"o
I-;a,, NotionaIsts But Mr.. Gladstone nus ho '"0''
..o The fact is this conference is merely
',.. ,o nroyide healing plaster for Mr. Ohan'
,s.,.,n,s wounded vanity and to soften MS lah IL
~ n,cons 70 90 back into his place In The Llper"'
.,d Furthermore. IL nc does not mean TO eau
,,,,,,o Mo with good grace the conference VIII
move to him fatal trap, for after entering lh'o
these negotiations and receiving THIS
from Mr.. Gladstone if he is not reconcned he VIII
go back to the country more damaged 'hah e'ei
Today Ireland is ringing with the Outrage III
which the saturnalia OF jury packing III Sllso h"'
eliminated The mOnstrous sentences lnnc'eu vi
the Woodford tenants for the crime OF delehuihS
their homes and the infamolsly partisan spcech
OF Judge Palles have excited the people H'e'lSeH'
rvo ~ tbe misoners were sentenced to eighteen
months imprisonment, twcnty-sX 70 t"eNe
,oontbs and five were bound over to keep the
pcace for three years, or in default so TO jail LOT
siv months while to the punishment Of those pre-
viouslv sentenced was added order to find bail
for their good conduct for three years after the
expiration of their sentences or to remain In Jail
for further period of six months. Judge Palles
in passing sentence delivered most extraordinary
n hl,f
Secretary and General Butler for the policy of
mitigating the rapacity Of evicting landlords by
Withholding the aid Of police and military IN car
wing out evictions, and for ordering them TO
remain passive while the bailihs executed the
writs Judge Paes declared that such an order
would be illegal and unconstitutional, no matter
by whom given. lie cared not how high the
official was Even an Inspector General, or to go
higher the Under Secretary, or the Chief Secretary
to the Lord Licutcnant all were bound TO obey the
law in the same way as the humblest man that
walked the streets Thus even the clemency OF
1ory Government toward oppressed tenants is
more than our Castle judges can stand have
already described the character of the Juries that
convicted these prisoners The dolnss Oh the
worst days of Irish jury packing have been sur
passed during the present assizcs IN ShSo Inc
scandal has called forth burning protest today
from the Most Reverend DR.. Mccormack Bishop
Of Achonry with an extract from whose letter
viii close this dispatch:
"a Woodford Catholic prisoner in Sligo dock,
fays the Bishop. "sees all his corcligionst Jurors
set aside by the Crown and twelve non-Catholics
called to try him. / say try when the word
CONVICT is the proper one, but let that pass
IN tha
action of the Crown, remarlling that the conduct
Of the Crown equivalent to branding every
rejected papist as perjurer Now how could that
poor papist prisoner have any confidence in the
tration of such forms Of law, when he sees
these things occur in the name Of the Crowni
With the prisoners rccollcctons OF the recent
history Of Belfast, how could he possibly feel that
his liberty was in safe keeping in the hands OF
twelve picked Protestant jurors? Were twelve
Catholic Jurors picked out Of the Tyrone panel
to try the senior and junior Walkers. who were
seen by the multitude taking their deadly aim
at the head constable and soldier? Nothing Of the
sort. An Overwhelmingly Protestant jury.
nay, an Orange jury, was selected ana
though judge Lawson threw up his eyes in pious
horror yet that jury refused to convict in the very
teeth Of the dearest and most conclusive evidence
Surely to reject Catholic jurors in Sligo for men
of the same true blue brand is about unblushing
a feat of audacity any Crown official could be
guilty Of perpeti ating But one may ask how on
earth can the rulers Of this country be so blind as
to look for loyalty amongst q people 50 spat
upon"
These words from bishop speak volumes for
the intensity OF the Indignation which the ponu-
tion Of Justice IN Sligo has aroused
+. p. GILL, NJ. Z.